Improvement in the manufacture of cheese



. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

CHARLES BALTZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND JOHN PRINDLE AND STEPHEN W.PRINDLE, OF SHARON, WISGONSIN.

, IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEESE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,963, dated July 10,1877; application filed a June 14,1877.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHAS. BALTZ, of Ohicago, Cook county, Illinois, andJNO. PRIN- DLE and S. W. PRINDLE, both of Sharon,

. in the county of Walworth and State of Wisconsin, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Manufacture of and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use it. Our invention relates to the manufacture ofcheese; and it consists in the method of treating the whey, that will bemore fully described hereinafter, whereby we are enabledto make as goodif not a better article than can be produced in any other manner, and ata less expense.

Our process is as follows The whey is taken from the vat, put in asuitable evaporator, subjected to a slow heat, and the casein allskimmed off that may arise to the top before the whey boils. When thewhey is clear stir well, increase the heat, and boil down to theconsistency of thin sirup. Then take it from the evaporator, put it intoa smaller copper kettle, subject it again to slow heat, and add freshCheese;

sweet milk, at the rate of one gallon to about one hundred pounds, tothe mass. stantly stirring to prevent it from hurnin g, and skim againuntil quite clear. Let it boil down sufiiciently to form in cakes whencold.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- The process hereindescribed of treating the whey, consisting of subjecting the whey toslow heat and boiling until reduced to the consistency of sirup, againsubjecting it to slow heat, adding fresh sweet milk, and boiling downuntil it forms cakes when cold, substantially as described. a

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 1st day of June, 1877.

CHARLES BALTZ. JOHN PRINDLE. S. W. PRDTDLE.

Witnesses:

G. P. DUSTIN, HOWLAND FIsH. Witnesses to signature of Baltz: GEORGE W.PLUMM R, V. A. TURPIN.

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